TR in a Different Light
On NYT reviewer Janet Maslin’s list of the top ten books of 2009 is The Imperial Cruise, a title about Theodore Roosevelt that PW called “stridently disapproving.” In her review, Maslin calls it an “incendiary new book” that “may at times be overly eager to connect historical dots, but … also produces graphic, shocking evidence of the attitudes that [it] describes.”
The incendiary part is borne out by USA Today‘s review which takes issue with most of the book’s assertions.
Bradley, author of the bestselling Flags of Our Fathers, looked into what led the US to the war in the Pacific. His research brought him to Roosevelt and a secret treaty with Japan. The book, titled The Imperial Cruise is about a secret diplomatic mission that resulted in that agreement.
The book is rising on Amazon, now at #102. Libraries, however, are showing modest holds.
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